New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-09
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announcer memDer OF Ghe SCa11 Gen. horne,
was rebuked in a like maner.
New jerseys New Senator.
Rufus Blodgett (Dem has been elected
United States senator by the votes Of
thirty-seven Republicans and five Demo-
Gratis.
Blodgett was declared elected amid wild
excitement. Elodgett was elected by the
thirty-eight Republican votes and by
those OF Speaker Baird, Chattle, Throck-
morton and Chase, Democrats
Rufus Blodgett was born in Dorch es ter
N. H., Nov. 3, 1884. He was a member OF
the lower house OF the New Jersey legisla-
ture in 1878 and 1879, representing Ocean
county. He afterward removed to Mon
mouth county, where he now lives. He is
identified with the interest of several rail-
road companies, and has always been rec
ognized as staunch Democrat. In the
assembly he was the Democratic leader. He
is a fluent speaker and is of commanding
figure. He was for several years member
OF the Democratic committee. He is a, su-
perintendent of the New York & Long
Branch railroad.
Gladstone writes to the editor OF the
Baptist: II consider there is no opportu.
nifty yet for the disestablishment OF the
Welsh church. No general political mat
ter can be dealt with till the Irish difficult
ty is settled. An attempt by me to force
the postponement OF the Ilish question
would only increase confusion and pres
cure. The main reason why the Irish
provoking is because it involves the social
order OF that country. and it is the nature
OF social questions to push their claims
for precedence in the session."
A petition from merchants and business
men of Providence, representing about
$40, OUO, 600. was presented TO the general
assembly, asking for the repeal OF the pro-
hibitory law.
The president and fellows of Harvard
college have recently come into possession
OF bequest OF $23O,OOO, which is applica-
BILE only for the purposes OF special astro-
nomical investigations.
John Walters, a survivor of the Irish re-
bellion OF 1898, and said to be the oldest
resident OF Detroit, lis dead.
Berlin has thus returned six deputies op-
posed to the septennate. At Lubbock the
socialists engaged in a riot after the an
nouncement OF the result OF the election
there, in which their candidate was de
feated. The military iintefered and made
many arrests. A number of those arrest
ed have since been released. Koenigs burg
returned q National Liberal, Frankfort
on-the- Main a socialist and Bremen New
German Liberal. The supplementary
elections in nitwenty-four districts resulted
in the retunn of 3 Conservatives, 4 Ma
tional Liberals, 10 New German Liberals,
2 Cent-lsts, Socialists and imperialists.
1t has been necessary to call out troops to
suppress election niots at Waldenburg,
Prussian Silesia.
Sir George O. nremelyap, speaking in
London, strongly criticised what he
termed the governments weak Irish pol
icy. He appealed to the Liberals to put
aside imaginary differences on the Irish
question. These differences arose from the
Liberals persistently keeping Gladstone's 8
scheme in the forefront, instead of resolv-
ing upon a comprehensive plan upon
which leaders OF both sides could agree
Outside OF Irish affairs he had never seen
the Liberals in such 'conplete accord.
The conferrees on thePacifc railroad in.
vestigation resolution reached o complete
agreement. Their report was adopted by
both houses, and the resolution Tor billy
now goes to the president. The house con-
ferrees accepted the senate amendments
but the clause creating the commission
was modified by striking out the require
ment that the commissioners shall be
subject to confirmation by the senate, and
SO arranging the phraseology that the pres
ident's power to appoint them during the
recess shall be beyond question.
Gov. Rusk, OF Wisconsin, sent an execu-
tive communication to the Wisconsin leg
islature protesting against an appropria-
ton to build another penitentiary.
Chief Justice Morrison, OF the California
supreme court, died ia San Francisco.
The new law extending the free delivery
service to cities that return gross annual
postal receipts Of at least $40, 900. or have
10000 inhabitants, will benefit quite a
number of cities in Minnesota. There are
Others which will receive its benefits in the
near future, Those which are at present
within the provisions OF the law are: Man
kato, where the postal receipts are $l2,-
495. 10; Red Wing, post al receipts $40, ,O37.-
IL; Rochester, receipts SIC, S66.75; and
Saltwater, receipts $l5, 294. 62. The city
nearest to the limit imposed by the law is
Faribault. Mimi, where the postal receipts
are $9.51S.eO. In Dakota the towns bene-
fitted are Huron, postal receipts $40, 949..
S2 and Sioux Falls, l2.S63.37. The
town nearest to the limit is Grand Forks,
whose postal receipts amount to 50, 341,-
81.
The senate commi ttee on the District OF
Columbia at a meeting voted to report ad-
versely upon the nomination OF James NJ
Trotter, the Boston colored man nominat.
ed to be recorder OF deeds for the Dirtrict
OF Columbia.
The bill OF the redemption OF the trade
dollars and the anti-polygamy bill have
become laws without the signature OF the
president by reason OF the expiration oil
the constitutional limitation OF ten days
within which he should have returned the
bills to congress in case OF disapproval.
Both bills were carefully considered by the